Loretta Devine is an American actress. She is known for numerous roles across stage and screen. Her most high profile roles include Lorrell Robinson in the original Broadway production of Dreamgirls (1981), Gloria Matthews in the film Waiting to Exhale (1995), and her recurring role as Adele Webber on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Devine also played Juanita Sims in the film adaptation of For Colored Girls (2010).
Known For
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Cast Credits
Lil Kev (2025)
Guest starring as Lunch Lady Gloria
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x09: Bittersweet Charity (Mar 6, 2025)
- Episode 1x06: Trial and Terror (Mar 6, 2025)
- Episode 1x04: Mr. Uncle Mom Jr. (Mar 6, 2025)
Guest starring as Lillie May
- Episode 1x08: This Isn't 39 (Mar 6, 2025)
Holidazed (2024)
Starring as Linda Lewin
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: The Finale (Dec 24, 2024)
- Episode 1x05: The Lewin Family (Dec 5, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: The Beginning (Nov 14, 2024)
Doctor Odyssey (2024)
Guest starring as Jill Manafort
- Episode 1x08: Quackers (Nov 21, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
Everybody Still Hates Chris (2024)
Guest starring as Maxine
- Episode 1x05: Everybody Still Hates Cheat Codes (Oct 9, 2024)
Young Love (2023)
Starring as Gigi Young
(9 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: Love Love (Oct 5, 2023)
- Episode 1x11: Faith Love (Oct 5, 2023)
- Episode 1x10: Generational Love (Oct 5, 2023)
- Episode 1x08: Chicago Love (Sep 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: Game Love (Sep 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x06: Lost Love (Sep 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Work Love (Sep 21, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: Just Love (Sep 21, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Self Love (Sep 21, 2023)
Doc McStuffins: The Doc & Bella Are In! (2023)
Guest starring as Hallie
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Graduation (Sep 6, 2023) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x09: Bella's First Surgery (Sep 6, 2023) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x08: Green Snowman (Sep 6, 2023) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x07: Sticky Bunny (Sep 6, 2023) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x06: Emergency Bella (Sep 6, 2023) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x05: A Dragon's Tail (Sep 6, 2023) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x04: Lambie Gets a Crease (Sep 6, 2023) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x03: A Check in for a Check-Up (Sep 6, 2023) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x02: Tools of the Trade (Sep 6, 2023) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x01: Intern at the Clinic (Sep 6, 2023) [Uncredited]
Kingdom Business (2022)
Guest starring as Darlene West
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Song Of Joy (Dec 14, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x05: Broken People (Nov 23, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x04: Caught Up (Nov 16, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x03: Why We Sing (Nov 9, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x02: Wanna Be Happy (Nov 2, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x01: Stay (Nov 2, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
Guest starring as Irene
- Episode 2022-12-02: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules (Dec 2, 2022)
Ada Twist, Scientist (2021)
Starring as Great Aunt Bernice
(10 episodes)
- Episode 4x12: A Twist in Time (Apr 22, 2023)
- Episode 4x10: X Marks the Spot (Apr 22, 2023)
- Episode 4x09: Dad to the Bone (Apr 22, 2023)
- Episode 4x08: Rodeo Rosie (Apr 22, 2023)
- Episode 3x14: Dance Dance Twist Solution (Sep 12, 2022)
- Episode 3x13: The Giggle Bug (Sep 12, 2022)
- Episode 2x12: Iggy Gettin' Diggy With It (Jan 25, 2022)
- Episode 2x11: Mind Over Muscle (Jan 25, 2022)
- Episode 2x10: Ada's Cure for the Common Conundrum (Jan 25, 2022)
- Episode 2x09: Skate On (Jan 25, 2022)
Starring as Pixel-Bernice
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x14: Dance Dance Twist Solution (Sep 12, 2022)
- Episode 3x13: The Giggle Bug (Sep 12, 2022)
Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem (2021)
Guest starring as Angela
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x05: Second Chances (Jul 15, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x04: Extra Life (Jul 14, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x03: A Gala and a Wedding (Jul 13, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x02: Three Prisms (Jul 12, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2x01: Reunion (Jul 11, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
Teenage Euthanasia (2021)
Guest starring as Additional Voices
- Episode 1x01: Nobody Beats the Baba (Sep 5, 2021)
GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event (2020)
Starring as Amelia "M'Dear" McKellan
- Episode 1x04: Family Reunion: Remember the Family's Feud? (Aug 10, 2020)
P-Valley (2020)
Guest starring as Ernestine
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Mississippi Rule (Aug 14, 2022)
- Episode 2x09: Snow (Aug 7, 2022)
- Episode 2x07: Jackson (Jul 24, 2022)
- Episode 2x06: Savage (Jul 10, 2022)
- Episode 2x04: Demethrius (Jun 26, 2022)
- Episode 2x02: Seven Pounds of Pressure (Jun 12, 2022)
- Episode 2x01: Pussyland (Jun 3, 2022)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Loretta Devine
- Episode 3x34: Eugene Levy, Loretta Devine, Caitlyn Smith (Oct 28, 2021)
A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
Guest starring as Marrier
- Episode 1x02: Your Boss Knows You Don't Have Eyebrows (Aug 9, 2019)
Family Reunion (2019)
Starring as Amelia "M'Dear" McKellan
(20 episodes)
- Episode 2x09: Remember When the Party Was Over? (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 2x08: Remember M'dear's Fifteen Minutes? (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 2x07: Remember Cousin Kenya? (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 2x06: Remember the G Club? (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 2x05: Remember When Shaka Got Beat Up? (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 2x04: Remember When Jade Was Down with the Swirl? (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 2x03: Remember Our Parents' Wedding? (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 2x02: Remember When Daddy Came Home? (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 2x01: Remember the Dance Battle? (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode S01 Special: A Family Reunion Christmas (Dec 9, 2019)
- Episode 1x10: Remember When Our Boys Became Men? (Jul 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: Remember Black Elvis? (Jul 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: Remember Macho Mazzi? (Jul 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: Remember the First Day of School? (Jul 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: Remember That Crazy Road Trip? (Jul 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: Remember Grace Under Fire? (Jul 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: Remember When I Lost My Sister? (Jul 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Remember Vacation Bible School? (Jul 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Remember Charlie Wilson? (Jul 10, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Remember How This All Started? (Jul 10, 2019)
Today with Hoda & Jenna (2019)
Guest starring as Loretta Devine
- Episode 3x189: Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Jane Curtin, Loretta Devine, Michelle Boyaner (Jun 11, 2021)
Living Biblically (2018)
Guest starring as Estelle
- Episode 1x09: Never Let Loyalty Leave You (Jul 7, 2018)
The Carmichael Show (2015)
Starring as Cynthia Carmichael
(13 episodes)
- Episode 3x13: Gold Diggers (Aug 9, 2017)
- Episode 3x12: Three Year Anniversary (Aug 9, 2017)
- Episode 3x11: Low Expectations (Aug 2, 2017)
- Episode 3x09: Evelyn and Vernon (Jul 19, 2017)
- Episode 3x05: Cynthia's Birthday (Jun 21, 2017)
- Episode 2x11: Maxine's Dad (May 15, 2016)
- Episode 2x10: Man's World (May 8, 2016)
- Episode 2x09: Facebook Friends (May 1, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: The Funeral (Mar 13, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: Fallen Heroes (Mar 13, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: Everybody Cheats (Mar 9, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Guns (Sep 9, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Prayer (Sep 9, 2015)
black-ish (2014)
Guest starring as Lynette
(3 episodes)
- Episode 6x10: Father Christmas (Dec 10, 2019)
- Episode 6x08: O Mother Where Art Thou? (Nov 19, 2019)
- Episode 6x01: Pops the Question (Sep 24, 2019)
Sirens (2014)
Guest starring as Hank's Mom
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Balls (Mar 24, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Till Jeff Do Us Part (Apr 10, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: The Finger (Apr 3, 2014)
The Doc Files (2013)
Starring as Hallie
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Blurry, Blurry Night (Apr 15, 2014)
- Episode 1x08: Mr. Chomp's Chompers (Sep 20, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: Sticky Slippies (Sep 13, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: The Lamb's Exam (Sep 6, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Can't Keep a Good Hippo Down (Jul 25, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: Bella's Bath (Jul 22, 2013)
Hollywood Game Night (2013)
Guest starring as Loretta Devine
- Episode 4x08: Sealed with a Kesha (Feb 23, 2016)
The Client List (2012)
Starring as Georgia Cummings
(23 episodes)
- Episode 2x15: Wild Nights Are Calling (Jun 16, 2013)
- Episode 2x14: What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am (Jun 16, 2013)
- Episode 2x13: Whatever It Takes (Jun 9, 2013)
- Episode 2x12: When I Say I Do (Jun 2, 2013)
- Episode 2x11: I Miss Back When (May 19, 2013)
- Episode 2x10: What Part of No (May 12, 2013)
- Episode 2x08: Heaven's Just a Sin Away (Apr 28, 2013)
- Episode 2x07: I Ain't Broke, But I'm Badly Bent (Apr 21, 2013)
- Episode 2x06: Unanswered Prayers (Apr 14, 2013)
- Episode 2x04: My Main Trial Is Yet to Come (Mar 31, 2013)
- Episode 2x03: Cowboy Up (Mar 24, 2013)
- Episode 2x02: Who's Cheatin' Who? (Mar 17, 2013)
- Episode 2x01: 'Till I Make It on My Own (Mar 10, 2013)
- Episode 1x10: Past Is Prologue (Jun 17, 2012)
- Episode 1x09: Acting Up (Jun 10, 2012)
- Episode 1x08: Games People Play (Jun 3, 2012)
- Episode 1x07: Life of Riley (May 20, 2012)
- Episode 1x06: The Cold Hard Truth (May 13, 2012)
- Episode 1x05: Try, Try Again (May 6, 2012)
- Episode 1x04: Ring True (Apr 29, 2012)
- Episode 1x03: Tough Love (Apr 22, 2012)
- Episode 1x02: Turn the Page (Apr 15, 2012)
- Episode 1x01: The Rub of Sugarland (Apr 8, 2012)
Doc McStuffins (2012)
Starring as Hallie
(8 episodes)
- Episode 5x06: Stuffy's Safari (Jun 22, 2019)
- Episode 1x48: Through the Reading Glasses (Dec 7, 2012)
- Episode 1x06: Blast Off! (Mar 26, 2012)
- Episode 1x05: Tea Party Tantrum (Mar 26, 2012)
- Episode 1x04: Run Down Race Car (Mar 23, 2012)
- Episode 1x03: Out of the Box (Mar 23, 2012)
- Episode 1x02: A Bad Case of the Pricklethorns (Mar 23, 2012)
- Episode 1x01: Knight Time (Mar 23, 2012)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Loretta Devine
- Episode 6x66: Ana Gasteyer & Loretta Devine (Apr 17, 2012)
Party Down (2009)
Guest starring as Diane Ellison
- Episode 2x04: James Ellison Funeral (May 14, 2010)
Eli Stone (2008)
Starring as Patti Dellacoix
(13 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Flight Path (Jul 11, 2009)
- Episode 2x02: Grace (Oct 21, 2008)
- Episode 2x01: The Path (Oct 14, 2008)
- Episode 1x11: Patience (Apr 10, 2008)
- Episode 1x10: Heartbeat (Apr 3, 2008)
- Episode 1x08: Praying for Time (Mar 20, 2008)
- Episode 1x07: Heal the Pain (Mar 13, 2008)
- Episode 1x06: Something to Save (Mar 6, 2008)
- Episode 1x05: One More Try (Feb 28, 2008)
- Episode 1x04: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Feb 21, 2008)
- Episode 1x03: Father Figure (Feb 14, 2008)
- Episode 1x02: Freedom (Feb 7, 2008)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 31, 2008)
The Game (2006)
Guest starring as Grandma Mack
- Episode 5x13: There's No Place Like Home (Apr 3, 2012)
Psych (2006)
Guest starring as Melba Birdson
- Episode 8x06: 1967: A Psych Odyssey (Feb 26, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
Everybody Hates Chris (2005)
Guest starring as Maxine
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x21: Everybody Hates Math (May 7, 2007)
- Episode 2x20: Everybody Hates Dirty Jokes (Apr 30, 2007)
- Episode 1x17: Everybody Hates Funerals (Mar 23, 2006)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Guest starring as Adele Webber
(24 episodes)
- Episode 9x10: Things We Said Today (Jan 10, 2013)
- Episode 9x09: Run, Baby, Run (Dec 13, 2012)
- Episode 8x20: The Girl with No Name (Apr 19, 2012)
- Episode 8x16: If Only You Were Lonely (Feb 23, 2012)
- Episode 8x13: If/Then (Feb 2, 2012)
- Episode 8x12: Hope for the Hopeless (Jan 19, 2012)
- Episode 7x19: It's a Long Way Back (Apr 28, 2011)
- Episode 7x17: This Is How We Do It (Mar 24, 2011)
- Episode 7x16: Not Responsible (Feb 24, 2011)
- Episode 7x15: Golden Hour (Feb 17, 2011)
- Episode 6x09: New History (Nov 12, 2009)
- Episode 5x17: I Will Follow You Into the Dark (Mar 12, 2009)
- Episode 4x17: Freedom (2) (May 22, 2008)
- Episode 4x14: The Becoming (May 8, 2008)
- Episode 4x04: The Heart of the Matter (Oct 18, 2007)
- Episode 3x25: Didn't We Almost Have It All (May 17, 2007)
- Episode 3x24: Testing 1-2-3 (May 10, 2007)
- Episode 3x13: Great Expectations (Jan 25, 2007)
- Episode 3x01: Time Has Come Today (Sep 21, 2006)
- Episode 2x27: Losing My Religion (May 15, 2006)
- Episode 2x26: Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response (May 15, 2006)
- Episode 2x17: As We Know it (Feb 12, 2006)
- Episode 2x02: Enough Is Enough (No More Tears) (Oct 2, 2005)
- Episode S02 Special: Under Pressure (Apr 23, 2006)
Boston Legal (2004)
Guest starring as Annabelle Carruthers
- Episode 3x10: The Nutcrackers (Dec 5, 2006)
Guest starring as Judge Victoria Thomson
- Episode 4x08: Oral Contracts (Dec 4, 2007)
Half & Half (2002)
Guest starring as Erika Duke
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x16: The Big Phat Mouth Episode (2) (Feb 18, 2003)
- Episode 1x15: The Big Phat Mouth Episode (1) (Feb 17, 2003)
Boston Public (2000)
Starring as Marla Hendricks
(31 episodes)
- Episode 3x05: Chapter Forty-Nine (Nov 18, 2002)
- Episode 3x01: Chapter Forty-Five (Oct 21, 2002)
- Episode 2x22: Chapter Forty-Four (May 20, 2002)
- Episode 2x18: Chapter Forty (Apr 22, 2002)
- Episode 2x08: Chapter Thirty (Jan 7, 2002)
- Episode 2x07: Chapter Twenty-Nine (Dec 10, 2001)
- Episode 2x05: Chapter Twenty-Seven (Nov 26, 2001)
- Episode 2x04: Chapter Twenty-Six (Nov 19, 2001)
- Episode 2x03: Chapter Twenty-Five (Nov 12, 2001)
- Episode 2x02: Chapter Twenty-Four (Nov 5, 2001)
- Episode 1x22: Chapter Twenty-Two (May 21, 2001)
- Episode 1x21: Chapter Twenty-One (May 14, 2001)
- Episode 1x20: Chapter Twenty (May 7, 2001)
- Episode 1x18: Chapter Eighteen (Apr 23, 2001)
- Episode 1x17: Chapter Seventeen (Apr 16, 2001)
- Episode 1x16: Chapter Sixteen (Mar 26, 2001)
- Episode 1x15: Chapter Fifteen (Feb 26, 2001)
- Episode 1x14: Chapter Fourteen (Feb 19, 2001)
- Episode 1x13: Chapter Thirteen (2) (Feb 12, 2001)
- Episode 1x12: Chapter Twelve (Feb 5, 2001)
- Episode 1x11: Chapter Eleven (Jan 22, 2001)
- Episode 1x10: Chapter Ten (Jan 15, 2001)
- Episode 1x09: Chapter Nine (Jan 8, 2001)
- Episode 1x08: Chapter Eight (Dec 11, 2000)
- Episode 1x07: Chapter Seven (Dec 4, 2000)
- Episode 1x06: Chapter Six (Nov 27, 2000)
- Episode 1x05: Chapter Five (Nov 20, 2000)
- Episode 1x04: Chapter Four (Nov 13, 2000)
- Episode 1x03: Chapter Three (Nov 6, 2000)
- Episode 1x02: Chapter Two (Oct 30, 2000)
- Episode 1x01: Chapter One (Oct 23, 2000)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Guest starring as Tonya Hawkins
- Episode 3x19: Amazing Grace (1) (Feb 23, 1997)
A Different World (1987)
Starring as Stevie Rallen
(9 episodes)
- Episode 1x21: Come Back, Little Eggby (May 5, 1988)
- Episode 1x09: Romancing Mr. Stone (Dec 10, 1987)
- Episode 1x08: If Chosen, I May Not Run (Dec 3, 1987)
- Episode 1x07: Sometimes You Get the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Gets You (Nov 19, 1987)
- Episode 1x06: Rudy and the Snow Queen (Nov 5, 1987)
- Episode 1x04: Those Who Can't... Tutor (Oct 22, 1987)
- Episode 1x03: Porky de Bergerac (Oct 15, 1987)
- Episode 1x02: Pilot (Oct 1, 1987)
- Episode 1x01: Reconcilable Differences (Sep 24, 1987)
Days of Our Lives (1965)
Guest starring as Nurse Angela
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2023-04-28: Ep. #14583 (Apr 28, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 2023-04-25: Ep. #14580 (Apr 25, 2023) [Special Guest Star]